Maps dominate the modern sense of place and geography. Yet, so far as we can tell, maps were rare in the Greco-Roman world and, when mentioned in sources, are mistrusted and criticized. Today, technological advances have brought to the fore an entirely new set of methods for representing and interacting with space. In contrast to traditional "topographic" perspectives, the territorial extent of economic and political realms is increasingly conceived though a "topological" lens, in which the nature and frequency of links among different sites matter more than the physical distances between...
Maps dominate the modern sense of place and geography. Yet, so far as we can tell, maps were rare in the Greco-Roman world and, when mentioned in sour...
The interconnections between energy and geography lie at the heart of contemporary societies: From recent events in Georgia, Chechnya, Crimea, Sudan, Syria, the South China Sea, and the Strait of Hormuz - no less the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - to the forms and functions of cities, the heating and cooling of homes, and the fuels that move people and goods. Increasingly energy is becoming the central concern of many strands of geographical inquiry, from environmental impacts and potential solutions to the balance of economic and politics power and the effect of energy on our lives, cultures...
The interconnections between energy and geography lie at the heart of contemporary societies: From recent events in Georgia, Chechnya, Crimea, Sudan, ...
This book aims to consolidate and advance debates on European and global energy poverty by exploring the political and infrastructural drivers and implications of the condition across a variety of spatial scales.
This book aims to consolidate and advance debates on European and global energy poverty by exploring the political and infrastructural drivers and imp...
